It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Hebrews
General EpistlesOn that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
Ezra
HistoryThou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Leviticus
LawWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
John
Gospels / JohnMoreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John
Gospels / JohnBut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew
GospelsBut oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job
WisdomAnd David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
Genesis
Law / MosesBuild you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers
LawAnd Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Ruth
History / SamuelFor he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 Kings
HistoryPraise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.